Ron,I would look for a signature quilt or a snowball quilt that has a white or off white background block. You can go on e-bay to find these. Sometimes the signature block quilts don't have large white blocks to write on so I would try to look for the snowball quilts first,don't take to long and let this get by you your father would absolutely love it. I did an embroidered quilt for a friend of mine whose sister was dying with cancer. There were 12 brothers and sisters in the family. She loved the quilt and would not let them take the quilt off her bed. Then it was passed on to the person of her choice. Good luck with this wonderful thought.
Brenda(twinstitchin)